Operating-gearing for washing-machines.



G. MORE. OPERATINGGEARING FOR WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22,1916. LQQUL'YGT. Patented Man 27, 19 17.

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GLENN MORE, OF JAMESTGWN, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BLAGKSTONE MANU- FAG-TUBING COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YGRK, A COBPORATIGN 0F NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1217.

Application filed May 22, 1916. Serial N0. 99,051.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLENN More, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Jamestown, in the coun of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Qperating Gearing for Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in operating mechanism for washing machines and the like and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. 7

One object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective device in which a part of the operating mechanism is mounted upon a fixed support and another part upon a movable support but in which the two sets of mechanisms are constantly in operative connection, whereby the movable support may be moved from its normal position or retained operatively therein, without the necessity of connecting or disconnecting any of the operative elements of the mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism wherein when the prime mover is actuated manually, the force of the power exerted by the operator is applied with substantial directness to the operating shaft and also is materially assisted by a high speeded fly wheel operatively connected to said prime mover.

These objects and the many advantages of my improved operating mechanism will appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a view in side elevation of a washing machine provided with my improved operating mechanism.

Fig. 2 represents a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3' represents a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but with the parts in a changed relation.

Figs. 4 and 5 represent detail sectional views on an enlarged scale, through parts of my improved operating mechanism, the planes of said sections being indicated by the lines 44 and 5-5 respectively of Fig. 2.

Referring now to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates the tub body of a washing machine which is mounted upon upright supporting legs 11 in the familiar manner. The tub body 10 has a stationary top wall 12 to which a lid 13 is hinged along one edge 13 as hereinafter described. Said stationary top wall 12 and lid 13 in this case provide supports for the operating mechamsm.

14 indicates an upright, vertically reciprocating beater shaft which projects through the tub lid 13. Said shaft is arranged, preferably, coaxially with respect to the tub body 10 and has a beater head 15 fixed to that end within the tub body. The shaft 14 has sliding bearing in a sleeve 16 which projects through a suitable aperture in the tub lid 13, and said sleeve is made integral with a bracket plate 17 fixed to and supported upon the top surface of said lid. The opposite or top end of said heater shaft 14 has fixed to it, a collar 18, to which is operatively connected the means for imparting a vertical reciprocating movement to saidshaft.

The bracket plate 17 extends toward that edge 13 of the lid which engages the stationary top wall 12 of the tub body. Adjacent said edge, said bracket 17 is provided with -upright spaced standards 1919 which have laterally extending arms 20-20% normally horizontal, adapted for hinged connection with upright standards 2121 made integral with a bracket casting or plate 22 fixed to and supported upon the stationary top wall 12 of the tub body.

23 indicates a horizontally disposed shaft which is fixed at its ends in suitable apertures formed in the top ends of the upright standards 19-19 of the bracket plate 17, said shaft being arranged parallel with the edge 13 of the lid 13. Loosely mounted in said shaft, so as to rock thereon, is a bell crank-prime mover-lever, indicated as a whole by the numeral 24.

The prime mover or lever 24 has an arm 25, disposed in a substantially horizontal direction, which extends into the vicinity of the heater or operating shaft 14. The end 25 of said arm is preferably forked and operatively connected to the collar 18 at the top end of said beater shaft. Said prime mover or lever 24 also includes a substantially upright or vertically arranged 7 their top ends, respectively, with axially ar-' ranged studs 21 21, extending parallel with the shaft 23 before mentioned. The

outer ends of the horizontal arms 2020 of the bracket plate 17 are provided with suitable bearing apertures to engage said studs 21 and, 21, thereby providing a hinged connection between said movable support or lid 13 and the stationary support or topwall 12. ,Rotatively mounted on one of the studs (in this instance, the stud 21 is a spur gear 32 of comparatively large diameter (see Fig. 4), which gear meshes with a smaller bevel gear 33 fixed to the inner end of a shaft 34. Said shaft 34 is journaled in a bearing sleeve 35 made integral with the bracket casting 22. It will be observed that said shaft 34 and its associated bearing sleeve are positioned adjacent to the proximate edges of the supports 12and l3, and that the axis of said shaft 34 is parallel with'the edge 13 of the lid or support 13. A fly wheel 36 is fixed upon the outer end of the shaft 34, beyond the bearing sleeve 35.

The gear 32 has a crank pin 37 which is operatively connected by means of a link or pitman 38, to the arm 28 of the prime mover or lever 24, whereby said gear is caused to rotate by the oscillating movement of the lever arm 28.

Made integral with the upright bearing about the studs21"21 of the bracket plate 22 into the desired openor substantially verticalposition, the shoulder 40 on the arm 20 will engage upon the shoulder 39 .on the uprightarm 21 and thus prevent the lid from'being further moved in that direction and also support it in the desired open position. A gear cover or guard 41 isfixed in. position upon the upright bearing arm 21 of the bracket 22 in a manner to protect the gears 32433 against breakage and also against'accidental engagement of the person or clothing of the operator.

The operation'of my improved operating mechanism is as follows:

With the clothing or other garments in the tub body, the tub lid 13 is locked in its closed position in the usual manner. The

operator next grasps the handle 27 of the prime mover lever and imparts a back and forth rocking movement thereto about the shaft 23 as an axis. Through the opera tive connections before mentioned, the horizontal arm 25 will impart a vertically reciprocating movement to said shaft, and the beater l5 fixed to the lower end of said shaft will operate to clean the clothing within said tub. On account of the connection afforded by the link 38 between the arm 28 of said prime mover lever and the crank pin 37 on the large gear 32, said gear will be continuously rotated in one direction and this rotative motion will be transmitted to the small gear 33 on the fly wheel shaft 34, at a considerably higher is first unlocked. It may now be swung from its horizontal or closed position, about the studs 21"-21, as an axis, into an open, substantially vertical position, and held in said position by reason of the engagement of the lugs 39 and 40 before mentioned.

- My improved operating mechanism possesses many advantages, one of which is that but a small portion of said mechanism is mounted on the movable support or lid, thus making it possible to open said lid but with little effort on the part of the operator. As will be apparent, the heavier parts of the mechanism are mounted on the stationary support or top of the tub. This relieves the lid from the great stress and strain when the device is being operated and also affords a little better balance to the whole device as a unitary portable structure.

Another advantage is that, accidental closing of the lid 13 when the same is in an open position, is impossible as the greater part of the weight of the mechanism carried thereby is located in a plane back of the vertical plane of said lugs 21"21 which forms the pintle of the hinge connection between the stationary top 12 of the'tub and the lid 13. -This follows from the relative location of the lugs 39 and 40 when engaged, as compared with the location of the axis of pins 21 and 21.

While in describing my invention, I have referred to certain details of mechanical construction and arrangement of parts, I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a support and an auxiliary support, a bracket plate on said support, a second bracket plate on said auxiliary support, means operatively connecting said bracket plates providing a hinged connection between said supports, an operating shaft journaled in the bracket on said auxiliary support, a fiy-wheel shaft, a fiy-wheel and a large gear wheel all carried by the bracket plate on said main support, said gear being arranged with its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of the hinged connection between said supports and being operatively engaged with said fly-wheel shaft, a rocking lever carried on said auxiliary support, and directly connected to the operating shaft and means operatively connecting said lever to said gear for imparting a continuous rotary movement to said large gear and a like movement to said fiy-wheel at high speed.

2. The combination of a fixed support and a movable support, a bracket plate on said fixed support, a second bracket plate on said movable support, means operatively connecting said bracket plates providing a hinged connection between said supports, an operating shaft capable of a vertical, reciprocating movement journaled in the bracket on said movable support, a flywheel shaft carried by the bracket plate on said fixed support, a rocking prime mover lever journaled on one of said bracket plates, said lever being directly connected to and imparting a vertical reciprocatory movement to said operating shaft and means operatively connecting said prime mover lever to said fiy-wheel shaft, to impart a continuous rotary movement thereto, said means including a high speed gearing.

3. The combination of a main or fixed support and an auxiliary or movable support, a bracket plate on each support, means operatively connecting said bracket plates providing a hinged connection between said supports, an operating shaft, journaled in the bracket on the movable support, a flywheel shaft and a fiy-wheel thereon carried by the bracket plate on said fixed support, a large gear arranged with its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of the hinged connection between said supports and operatively connected to said fiy-wheel shaft, a lever mounted on the bracket plate on the movable support, said lever including a plurality of load arms one of which arms is directly connected to the operating shaft and the other arm indirectly connected to said large gear, said lever through its connections imparting a vertical reciprocatory movement to said operating shaft and a continuous rotary movement to said large gear.

4. The combination of a main support and an auxiliary support connected thereto, a bracket plate having upright bearing standards fixed to said main support, a second bracket plate fixed to said auxiliary support, said second bracket plate having laterally extending arms adapted for pivotal engagement with the upright standards on the first named bracket plate to provide a hinged connection between said main and auxiliary supports, a continuous rotary fly-wheel shaft and associated gearing carried by the bracket plate on said main support, an upright, vertical reciprocatory operating shaft having sliding bearing in the bracket plate on said auxiliary support, a rocking lever carried by one of said plates directly connected to said operating shaft and means operatively connecting the associated gearing of the fly-wheel shaft with said operating lever, said means being constructed to translate the rocking movement of said lever into a continuous rotary motion of the fly-wheel shaft gearing.

5. The combination of a support and an auxiliary support hinged thereto, a bracket plate fixed to said first support, a fly-wheel shaft and a gear for driving the same at high speed mounted on said bracket, a second bracket fixed to said auxiliary support, said bracket plates having parts pivotally connected together and forming the hinged connection between said main and said auxiliary supports, an operating shaft journaled in said bracket on said auxiliary support, a rocking lever mounted on said last mentioned bracket and having an arm directly connected with the operating shaft and means connecting said lever with the said driving gear, said means translating the rocking movement of said lever into a continuously rotary movement of said gear and to said fly-wheel shaft at high speed.

6. The. combination of a main support and an auxiliary support, a bracket plate fixed to said main support and having upright bearing standards provided with alined bearing studs, a second bracket plate fixed to said auxiliary support and having laterally extending arms adapted for pivotal engagement with the alined studs of the first mentioned bracket plate whereby a hinged connection between said main and auxiliary supports is provided, a fly-wheel shaft carried by the first mentioned bracket plate, a gear on said shaft, a comparatively large gear journaled on the studs of one of said upright bearing standards, a vertically reciprocating operating shaft journaled in the bracket plate on said auxiliary support, a rocking lever having a load arm with a forked free end engaging with the operating shaft, a second load arm depending below the first mentioned arm, and a link operatively connecting the second or lower load arm with the said large gear.

7. The combination of a main support and an auxiliary support, a bracket plate fixed to said main support and having upright bearing standards provided with alined bearing studs, a, second bracket plate fixed to the. auxiliary support, said second bracket plate including upright standards having laterally projecting arms adapted for pivotal engagement with the alined' studs of the first named bracket plate whereby a hinged connection between said main and auxiliary supports is provided, a continuous rotary shaft, journaled on said first named bracket, a fly-wheel fixed to one end'of said shaft, a spur pinion fixed to the other end of said shaft, a comparatively large. gear journaled on the stud of one of said upright standards on the first mentioned bracket plate, a verticallyreciprocating operatingshaft journaled in the bracket plate on said auxiliary support, a rocking lever journaled' in the top end of the standards on said bracket plate, said lever having a load arm operatively connected with said operating shaft, a second load arm depending below said first mentioned arm, and a link operatively connecting. said depending arm with the large gear.

8. The combination of a main support and an auxiliary support connected thereto and capable of being moved from the plane of said main support about an axis into a position substantially at right angles thereto, a. bracket plate having upright, bearing standards fixed to said main support, said hearing standards having alined bearing studs, a

' second bracket plate fixed to said auxiliary support, said bracket plate having upright bearing standards provided with laterally extending arms adaptedfor pivotal engagement with the alined studs of the first named bracket plate to providethe hinged connection between said main and auxiliary supports, a fiy-wheel shaft carried by the first named bracket plate, a gear pinion on one end of said shaft, a comparatively large gear journaled on the stud of one of said upright bearing standards on said last mentioned bracket plate and meshing with the gear on the fly-wheel shaft, an operating shaft capable of vertical reciprocatory movement journaled in the bracket plate on said auxiliary support, a rocking hand lever journaled in the top ends of the upright standards on the last mentioned bracket plate, said lever having load arms, one of which has a forked end engaging the top end of said operating shaft, a crank pin on said large gear, a link connecting the other load arm of said lever with said crank pin, a gear cover mounted on that hearing standard carrying said large gear, said cover inclosing said large gear and the gear on the flywheel shaft, a shoulder made integral with said last mentioned standard and a second shoulder made integral with the associated laterally extending arm of the bracket plate on said auxiliary support, said shoulders engaging each other when said auxiliary support is swung about its pivot into a substantially vertical position and limiting the movement of said auxiliary support relative to themain support.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 2nd day of May, A. D. 1916.

. GLENN MORE. Witnesses:

MAE L. LARSEN, FLORENCE SUNDERLAND.

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